J. Matthew Goodin

Matt’s practice primarily focuses on class actions and complex litigation, particularly within the banking and financial services industries. He represents large international banks in class actions involving alleged manipulation of interest rate benchmarks, such as U.S. dollar LIBOR, EURIBOR, and Yen LIBOR, as well as foreign exchange (FX) benchmarks. Matt also defends sponsors, trustees, and issuers of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) in litigation brought by private plaintiffs, as well as federal entities, like the National Credit Union Administration Board and various Federal Home Loan Banks.

Matt’s clients include banks, mortgage lenders, servicers, securitized trusts, and student loan trusts, but he also represents clients outside of the financial services sector in various antitrust matters.

• Representing a large European bank in numerous class and individual antitrust actions involving alleged conspiracies to manipulate U.S. dollar LIBOR, and other interest rate and financial derivative benchmarks (EURIBOR, YEN LIBOR, ISDAFIX).
• Representing a multiple-listing service in antitrust litigation alleging conspiracy to inflate real estate broker commission rates.
• Represented a large European bank in numerous class and individual antitrust actions involving alleged conspiracy to manipulate foreign exchange (FX) benchmarks.
• Represented sponsors and issuers of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) in multiple litigation matters brought by the National Credit Union Administration Board (NCUA) as a conservator for several failed credit unions alleging fraud and violations of state and federal securities laws.
• Represented sponsors and issuers of RMBS in multiple litigation matters brought by various Federal Home Loan Banks alleging fraud and violations of state and federal securities laws.
• Represented mortgage lenders/servicers in qui tam litigation alleging false statements to government-sponsored entities (GSEs) to recoup expenses not recoverable under applicable guidelines and contracts.
• Representing student loan trusts in putative class actions seeking class-wide discharge of certain categories of student loans on various grounds.
• Representing student loan trusts in putative class actions alleging improper collection and litigation tactics.
• Represented various banks and mortgage servicers in class actions alleging defects in private mortgage insurance (PMI) disclosures and general mortgage insurance (MI) cancellation procedures.
• Represented mortgage lenders/servicers in several class actions alleging improper loan payoff and recordation fee.